Messages to the UNESCO 2003 Convention

Français plus bas Introduction to Messages – Editorial In the autumn of 2023, an open call was launched by the ICH NGO Forum to provide an opportunity for all stakeholders to contribute messages and creative expressions in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,…

"Happy Birthday" toast on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Convention, taken during the Intangible Warsaw conference, 16-17th October 2023, organised in the Praga Museum of Warsaw. For 4 years, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Team has been operating in the capital city of Poland, Warsaw, established at the…

Letter for the XX Anniversary of the Convention ICH. Ritorno ai sogni Ho pensato di condividere un sogno con voi.  Il sogno di essere presente quel giorno, quei giorni, durante quegli incontri che portarono all'elaborazione e all'approvazione della definizione di patrimonio culturale immateriale che troviamo nell'articolo 2 della Convenzione. Il…

Message on the Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the UNESCO Convention From Dr Susan O. Keitumetse - Botswana UNESCO Chair on African Heritage Studies and Sustainable Development, University of Botswana The UNESCO 2003 Convention on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage is a vital international instrument that has brought…

Shedding light on the Saudi Heritage Preservation Society’s role in safeguarding heritage through working with local communities throughout Saudi Arabia. Saudi Heritage Preservation Society, Saudi Arabia Accredited NGO in the field of ICH Download PDF: Saudi Heritage Preservation Society SHPS - NGO - Saudi Arabia.pdf

The Intangible Cultural heritage (ICH) Convention has been the leading policy document for the Netherlands to develop policies on safeguarding ICH; set up the Dutch Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage; launch the bottom-up procedure for inventory making; and develop a research agenda on ICH. The Convention has been successful in…

Pier Luigi Petrillo UNESCO Chair Professor on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law Past President ICH UNESCO Evaluation Body Download PDF: Pier Luigi Petrillo - Italy - ICH after 20 years.pdf

OUR MESSAGE ICH NGO NAKS SURINAME   The year 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. We are so excited to be joining in on the Celebrating of 20 years of safeguarding living heritage. So, here is our message in which…

Which major subjects, goals or ambitions do you hope to be developed by the Convention in the next 20  years? ✓ I believe that in the future, the Convention should pay more attention to nonprofit organizations and  NGOs as the bearers of cultural heritage, because they are the only ones…

From the Erigaie Foundation, a Colombian NGO accredited to provide services to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, we began to work on the idea of intangible heritage by making the first inventory for a Colombian region in 2005. Our organization has a long history working…

Intangible heritage, from safeguarding anxiety to sustainable futures – A message for the 20th anniversary of the 2003 Convention   This year marks the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage (2003 Convention); an opportune moment to reflect on its significance. It is also the…

Rôle par rapport à la convention 2003: sensibiliser les communautés à la sauvegarde de leur patrimoine, assurer la transmission vers la couche juvénile par trois(3) répétitions par semaine en vue de la recréation du patrimoine dont la promotion est faite au plan national, régional et international ( participer aux activités…

Tug of Peace.                                                                                                 Marc Jacobs Since 2001 I have been involved and engaged in the making of global tools for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Today many of those instruments are presented (and updated every two years) by UNESCO as a set of so-called Basic Texts, either in printed form…

Celebrating 20 Years of Safeguarding Living Heritage  Türkiye The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage strongly emphasizes individuals, communities, and their active involvement in heritage-safeguarding processes. Community participation, both at local and national levels, in the planning and execution of the Convention, remains a pivotal concern for…

The ICH Convention turns 20 – what a ride it has been! This treaty was my very first exposure to a cultural heritage instrument. It was early 2004, I was a fourth-year undergraduate student looking for a topic for my presentation at a student research conference. The topic of intangible…

The ICH Convention has the great merit of having demonstrated the organisational capacity of civil society, and I still believe in it. However, today the communities often focus too much on their economic interests, the governments are unfair, and it is rather difficult to compare and consider the contents of…

All On Board to Tackle Climate Change Message for the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO 2003 Convention The 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has been a success story. Although criticized at its outset, to the point that a number of countries refused to adopt it in…